1946 It's A Wonderful Life, staring Frank Capra, came out on January 7th.
On January 10th the first United Nations meeting was held in London.
First bikini is shown in Paris Fashion show on July 5.
The BBC Television Service begins broadcasting again.
AT&T announce first car phone.
Americans ate a record of 714 million gallons of ice cream.
Strapless bras became extremly popular, starting a trend in bare-shouldered women's fashions.
The baby boom was the time between 1946-1964.
Year
US resident population
(thousands)
Net change
(thousands)
Percent change
1941
133,121
1,161
0.88
1942
133,920
799
0.60
1943
134,245
325
0.24
1944
132,885
−1,360
−1.01
1945
132,481
−404
−0.30
1946
140,054
7,573
5.72
1947
143,446
3,392
2.42
1948
146,093
2,647
1.85
1949
148,665
2,572
1.76
1950
151,868
3,203
2.15
10 year average
-
1,991
1
1947
The microwave is invented by Percy Spencer.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is published.
CIA is established.
Mens sweater cost $8.50
Polaroid Land Camera demonstrated producing photos in 60 seconds. The mobile phone is invented by USA
Hologram invented by Hungary
Slinky invented by USA
Writer Stephen King is born. (september 21)
Walter Morrison invents the frisbee.
The first airplane to travel faster then the speed of sound.
First documented sightings of "flying saucers."
After the war 75 million babies were born from 1946-1964. Marriages were now lasting longer then ever and they started to have the "traditional family" in mind again with at least three or more children with the mom being the caretaker and the father being the breadwinner.
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1948
January 30: Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
February 25: The Communist Party seizes Czechoslovakia.
March 8: Supreme Court rules that religion being taught in school is unconstitutional
Febuary 4: Alice Cooper is born
July 12: Richard Simmons is born
August 30: Comedian Lewis Black is born
August 16: Babe Ruth died
December 1: Scrabble is copyrighted
Velcro Invented by George de Mestral
Popcorn sold on a mass scale for the first time
Olympics held in London
Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is the first large-scale study of individuals' sexual habits, with stunning revelations about infidelity, homosexuality and other issues (A must-read!) This poster is made by Dali.
1949
Help from the sky children isolated in west Berlin and gettin food from the airlift
Average cost of house $ 7,450.00
Average wage per year $2,950.00
cost of a gallon of gas .17 cents
Average cost for a new car $1,420.00
minium hourly wage .70 cents per hour
Bacon per pound .50 cents per pound Events of 1949
Soviet union tests it's first atomic bomb
NATO was est.
May 12th: Berlin Airlift offically comes to an end
The first emmy awards appeared on U.S. television
1946
It's A Wonderful Life, staring Frank Capra, came out on January 7th.
On January 10th the first United Nations meeting was held in London.
First bikini is shown in Paris Fashion show on July 5.
The BBC Television Service begins broadcasting again.
AT&T announce first car phone.
Americans ate a record of 714 million gallons of ice cream.
Strapless bras became extremly popular, starting a trend in bare-shouldered women's fashions.
The baby boom was the time between 1946-1964.
(thousands)
(thousands)
1947
The microwave is invented by Percy Spencer.
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is published.
CIA is established.
Mens sweater cost $8.50
Polaroid Land Camera demonstrated producing photos in 60 seconds.
The mobile phone is invented by USA
Hologram invented by Hungary
Slinky invented by USA
Writer Stephen King is born. (september 21)
Walter Morrison invents the frisbee.
The first airplane to travel faster then the speed of sound.
First documented sightings of "flying saucers."
After the war 75 million babies were born from 1946-1964. Marriages were now lasting longer then ever and they started to have the "traditional family" in mind again with at least three or more children with the mom being the caretaker and the father being the breadwinner.
Want to learn more about the Baby boom? Click here
1948
January 30: Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse.
February 25: The Communist Party seizes Czechoslovakia.
March 8: Supreme Court rules that religion being taught in school is unconstitutional
Febuary 4: Alice Cooper is born
July 12: Richard Simmons is born
August 30: Comedian Lewis Black is born
August 16: Babe Ruth died
December 1: Scrabble is copyrighted
Velcro Invented by George de Mestral
Popcorn sold on a mass scale for the first time
Olympics held in London
Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is the first large-scale study of individuals' sexual habits, with stunning revelations about infidelity, homosexuality and other issues (A must-read!)
1949
Average cost of house $ 7,450.00
Average wage per year $2,950.00
cost of a gallon of gas .17 cents
Average cost for a new car $1,420.00
minium hourly wage .70 cents per hour
Bacon per pound .50 cents per pound
Events of 1949
Soviet union tests it's first atomic bomb
NATO was est.
May 12th: Berlin Airlift offically comes to an end
The first emmy awards appeared on U.S. television
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